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Over a million visitors a year come to the National Galleries of Scotland, experiencing the superb permanent collections and attending our stimulating exhibitions. We welcome thousands of school children and community groups to a wide-range of education and outreach programmes and our visitors also enjoy the excellent shops and cafˇs in each of the galleries.
An outstanding collection of paintings, drawings and prints by the greatest artists from the Renaissance to Post-Impressionism can be found in one of the finest galleries in the world - the National Gallery of Scotland. At the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Scotland's history from the 16th century to the present day is told visually through the portraits of those who shaped it. Modern and contemporary art and our renowned Dada and Surrealist collections can be found in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and adjacent Dean Gallery. The refurbished Royal Scottish Academy scheduled to open in 2003, and the Playfair Project Underground Link in 2005, will provide further opportunities to display the nation's collection.
In the south of Scotland, Paxton House provides a splendid setting for more than 70 paintings from the national collections. Duff House, our premier outstation, contains a rich collection of paintings and stands dramatically amidst parkland on the coast between the north-east towns of Banff and Macduff.
Simply the Best: the capital is home to Gallery of the Year 2003 In recognition of the wealth of its collections and the quality of its exhibitions the National Gallery of Scotland has been named Gallery of the Year by the Good Britain Guide 2003. The Gallery was singled out for the imaginative and ambitious scheme to create an underground link with its sister building
the capital is one of the UK's most visited cities, and rightly so...
The city in itself is stunningly beautiful and the capital's architecture is renowned the world over.
But as well as looks, the capital has substance.
It has played a pivitol role in Scottish and British history for hundreds of years and even today everywhere you turn there is a historical building or monument.
With so much to see and do, the capital really should be high up on the list of any visitor to the UK.
Now just a ruin in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Holyrood Abbey was an Augustinian monastery founded by King David I in 1128.
Legend has it that whilst out hunting one day, David was attacked by a stag and thrown from his horse. However he was saved when a cross, or "rood", appeared in his hand.
In order to thank God for saving his life David founded the Abbey, naming it after the "rood" that saved him.
For several hundred years the Abbey was a thriving monastery. However, the decline of the Abbey began in the 16th century when it was attacked by the English in 1547. Then it fell victim to the reformation with many parts of the Abbey being destroyed.
Efforts were made to rebuild it in the 18th century, but these weren't successful and so the Abbey was left in ruins.